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Jul 17, 2017

Sprouting Possibilities: Cultivating hope with Creative Solutions

My project partner, Moya, and I began Sprouting Possibilities with the understanding that collaboration is necessary for any successful...

Jul 5, 2017

Sprouting Possibilities: Beginnings

Our last Urban Arboreta blog post described Sprouting Possibilities: a collaboration between artist laura c carlson and landscape...

Jun 1, 2017

Sprouting Possibilities at 49th and Parkside

Sprouting Possibilities is a response by an artist and landscape architect team to the shifting environmental conditions and the impact...

Oct 31, 2016

Why design? Pt. 2

A few months ago, I wrote a blog post ahead of our Student Design Competition introducing the importance of design. This post serves as a...

Oct 17, 2016

Urban Arboreta Shares Knight Cities Challenge Experience at PennPraxis Panel

On September 20th, 2016, the Urban Arboreta team, represented by Deenah Loeb, had the opportunity to participate in a panel of other...

Sep 8, 2016

Towards a Deeper Understanding of Urban Ecology

“The city is both an outward form – expressed as spatial pattern – of housing, factories, streets, and parks and an inward pattern of...

Nov 16, 2015

What the Gu is Going On Here?

Thursday morning (11/12). Cold rain. Long training run. In a zone… I rounded a corner on Kelly Drive and approached my favorite...

Nov 2, 2015

Botanical Graffiti

When an authority authorizes art on an outdoor wall, we call it a mural. When a person expresses him/herself with art upon a wall,...

Oct 28, 2015

Behold Sidewalk Gardens in Mantua

Oh, the wonders that abound in pavement cracks. Check out the emergent life in a single vacant asphalt lot in Mantua. Fuzzy grasses blow...

Oct 19, 2015

Celebrating the Urban Eco Fabric

I love the wonders arising from urban ecology (the study of the interactions and relationships among living organisms and non-living...